kythri
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So, thanks to a response to a post I made a few months ago, and another recent post about NAPA Carlyle sockets being on sale, I finally got serious about filling some empty pegs on my Lowe's/Kobalt Hansen-style socket trays.
I downloaded the Carlyle catalog and built myself a shopping list.
One of the things I was pleasantly surprised to discover is that Carlyle sells a 1/4" drive 12pt shallow AND deep set of metric sockets - something that was blatantly missing from my giant 299-piece Craftsman socket set.
What's even better is, the sets are completely inclusive of the sizes on the Kobalt trays, so there's nothing missing. Pretty sweet!
The only thing Carlyle seems to be missing is that 1/4" drive 5/8" socket - in shallow, deep, 6pt, 12pt.
If you've been searching over the years, you'd know that you can find SOME 6pts in the BluePoint or Snap-on brand, but the 12pt stuff has been impossible to find (at least, in my digging, which previously may have been incredibly inadequate).
Well, earlier this week, digging once again, I stumbled across a reference to some sockets at Zoro Tools, and, as it turns out, they had not only the 6pt shallow and deep 5/8", but they also carry the 12pt shallow and deep 5/8".
The site wasn't referencing any brand, and at one point, even said "noname" in a field, but I jumped on ordering them.
They just showed up today:
Turns out, they're Westward-branded (Grainger's house brand, if I'm not mistaken).
They're made in Taiwan, and seem to be pretty decent in their finish.
Chrome is clean, but, like many/most sockets out there, the interior is painted or unpolished, not full-polish chrome.
If you're interested, here's the part numbers:
G4784464 - 1/4" Drive 12pt Deep 5/8" - $2.08
G4784446 - 1/4" Drive 12pt Shallow 5/8" - $1.30
G4784421 - 1/4" Drive 6pt Deep 5/8" - $2.08
G4784403 - 1/4" Drive 6pt Shallow 5/8" - $1.30
Shipping for the above order was only $5.00, making the grand total $11.76.
Big thanks to NC-FordGuy and thebeekeeper1 for turning me onto Carlyle for the rest of the sockets!
I downloaded the Carlyle catalog and built myself a shopping list.
One of the things I was pleasantly surprised to discover is that Carlyle sells a 1/4" drive 12pt shallow AND deep set of metric sockets - something that was blatantly missing from my giant 299-piece Craftsman socket set.
What's even better is, the sets are completely inclusive of the sizes on the Kobalt trays, so there's nothing missing. Pretty sweet!
The only thing Carlyle seems to be missing is that 1/4" drive 5/8" socket - in shallow, deep, 6pt, 12pt.
If you've been searching over the years, you'd know that you can find SOME 6pts in the BluePoint or Snap-on brand, but the 12pt stuff has been impossible to find (at least, in my digging, which previously may have been incredibly inadequate).
Well, earlier this week, digging once again, I stumbled across a reference to some sockets at Zoro Tools, and, as it turns out, they had not only the 6pt shallow and deep 5/8", but they also carry the 12pt shallow and deep 5/8".
The site wasn't referencing any brand, and at one point, even said "noname" in a field, but I jumped on ordering them.
They just showed up today:
Turns out, they're Westward-branded (Grainger's house brand, if I'm not mistaken).
They're made in Taiwan, and seem to be pretty decent in their finish.
Chrome is clean, but, like many/most sockets out there, the interior is painted or unpolished, not full-polish chrome.
If you're interested, here's the part numbers:
G4784464 - 1/4" Drive 12pt Deep 5/8" - $2.08
G4784446 - 1/4" Drive 12pt Shallow 5/8" - $1.30
G4784421 - 1/4" Drive 6pt Deep 5/8" - $2.08
G4784403 - 1/4" Drive 6pt Shallow 5/8" - $1.30
Shipping for the above order was only $5.00, making the grand total $11.76.
Big thanks to NC-FordGuy and thebeekeeper1 for turning me onto Carlyle for the rest of the sockets!
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Are there detent ball cutouts on those westward sockets?
